devouren

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Middle English

Alternative forms

devoren, devouir, devoure, devowre, devowren

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French devorer, from Latin dēvorō, dēvorāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dɛːˈvuːrən/

Verb

devouren

To devour or eat up; to ravenously feed on.
To overwhelm or engulf; to immerse as to destroy.
To devastate or destroy; to cause destruction.
To cause to disappear, waste or wither.

Conjugation

Conjugation of devouren (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) devouren, devoure
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	devoure	devoured
2nd-person singular	devourest	devouredest
3rd-person singular	devoureth	devoured
subjunctive singular	devoure	devoured
imperative singular	devoure	—

plural¹	devouren, devoure	devoureden, devourede
imperative plural	devoureth, devoure	—

participles	devourynge, devourende	devoured

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Related terms

devourere

Descendants

English: devour
Scots: devour, devoor

References

“dēvǒuren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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